Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Professor Rob George KC acted for the child through her Guardian, together with Mavis Amonoo-Acquah in B v B (Section 83 ACA 2002 and Step-Parent Adoption) [2026] EWHC 97 (Fam), an important…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to be sponsoring the upcoming Family Law Week International Conference, taking place on Tuesday 8 July 2025. With just a week to go, we look forward…
Matthew Brookes-Baker, instructed by Makin Dixon Solicitors, represented the Second Respondent Mother in M (A Child) (Placement Order) [2025] EWCA Civ 214; an appeal by aunt and uncle against making of…
Andrew Leong, instructed by Truemans Solicitors, appeared on behalf of the child in A v B & Anor (Intercountry Adoption: Kafala: Noncompliance s.83 ACA 2002) [2024] EWHC 3198 (Fam); an application…
Simon Miller, instructed by RWK Goodman, appeared on behalf of A, the Child, in Re A (Foreign Adoption) [2023] EWFC 221. Care proceedings were started soon after A’s birth. There were serious…
In KN & Anor v RN & Ors [2023] EWHC 712 (Fam) Edward Bennett (instructed by Alison Leivesley of Bindmans) successfully argued that the court should recognise Nigerian adoptions at…